P ERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
 are relationships between people especially
those between friends lovers and family
members
Commitment
 is the act of binding yourself intellectually
or emotionally and a course of action and
the message that makes a pledge
 mutual agreement between two parties
 When you commit yourself you have to
commit certain things
 Only possible if there is trust
Love
 is a strong affection for another arising out
of kinship or personalities
 love comes from personal ties maternal
love- love of mother to their children
Attraction
 is the act power or property of attracting
-Attractive quality, magnetic charm,
physical attraction
 it can exist without love
Responsibility.
 is the social force that binds you to the
courses of action demanded by that force -
having open communication and willing to
admit mistakes.
P ERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
 refers to the association and close
connections between people, formed by
emotional bonds and interactions. These
bonds often grow from and are formed by
mutual experiences - relationship are static,
continually evolving
KINDS OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
 Family - two or more persons who are
related by birth marriage or ad ion, and
who live together as one household
Characteristics: support, mutual trust, regular
interaction, shared beliefs, and values,security,
and a sense of community.
 Friends- are the people who we are not
related to but who we choose to interact
with.
Friendships- can be thought of as a close tie
between two people that is often built upon
mutual experiences, shared interest, and
proximity, and emotional bonding
Three types of friendship according to
Parker and Asher
 Acquaintances- share same
 Companions- share same interest
 Intimates or best friend- give and receive
opinion and support
Two types of peer groups
 Small group-cliques, exclusive to peers who
share the same interest
 Larger group- crowd, 10 to 20 members,
share similar social activities
PARTNERSHIP
 Romantic partnerships including marriage
are close relationships formed between two
people that are built upon affection trust
intimacy and romantic love
 We usually experience this kind of
relationship with only one person at a time
 Closest form of relationship - arguments
can be solved through effective
communication
A TTRACTION , LOVE AND COMMITMENT TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE BY ROBERT
Attraction is physiologically or the hormones STERNBERG’
that causes it.

Brain systems of love

 Lust- refers to our desire that motivates us
to partake in sexual activity -Driven by
hormones

Factors of Attraction
 Physical attractiveness -is one of the
primary determinants of romantic  Intimacy- involves liking, feeling of
attraction closeness connectedness and bonding
 Proximity -people tend to get attracted to resulting from genuinely knowing the other
people who are geographically closer to person
them  Passion -feeling of romance physical
 Similarity -people tend to pick partners who attraction and sexual consummation in the
are similar to themselves Reciprocity relationship, int emotion.
-people tend to like others who reciprocate  Commitment -shared investments or the
their liking. history of the relationship such as decisions
and adjustments
Attachment
 is a deep and enduring emotional bond that
connects one person to another across time
and space
 it is when long las commitment are
exchanged

Love
 You express your love for another person
not because you are forced to do so bad
because you have decided to share yourself
with another person
 it involves trust and commitment, it is a
choice